Hydrotreating catalyst and process

Claim 1

A process for hydrotreating hydrocarbon feeds comprising contacting a hydrocarbon feed with hydrogen under hydrotreating conditions in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising a hydrogenating component and a support comprising at least one porous refractory inorganic oxide, said catalyst having a BET surface area of 150 to about 190 m 2 /g, bulk density of at least about 0.2 g/cc, total pore volume equal to the sum of micropore volume determined by nitrogen desorption in micropores having radii up to 600 Å and macropore volume determined by mercury penetration in macropores having radii of 600 to 25,000 Å of at least 0.9 cc/g, with at least 0.1 cc/g of macropore volume, such surface area, pore size distribution and total pore volume being effective to provide an average pore diameter of at least 230 Å calculated as 4 V/A, wherein at least 0.7 cc/g of the micropore volume is concentrated in pores having radii of 50 to 600 Å, wherein the micropore volume in pores having radii of 50 to 600 Å is distributed such that about 15 to about 60% thereof is provided by pores having radii of 50 to 100 Å and about 40 to about 85% thereof is provided by pores having radii of 100 to 600 Å, and wherein the micropore volume in pores having radii less than 50 Å is less than about 0.15 cc/g.